Timor-Leste at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Infobox Paralympics Timor-Leste
games=2008 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer= Lily Costa Silva (opening & closing)
officials=
rank= -

Timor-Leste (East Timor) sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country was said to send 11 representatives, who were to compete in the fields of the marathon, powerlifting, table tennis and wheelchair tennis. This would have made Timor-Leste's Paralympic delegation larger than its Olympic delegation to Beijing. [ [http://olympics.scmp.com/Article.aspx?id=526 "Poor but Proud"] , Agence France-Presse, June 8, 2008] However, official records give no indication that more than one East Timorese athlete (16-year-old powerlifter Lily Costa Silva [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/BIO/Athlete/5/1211555.shtml Athlete Biography] , Official Website of the 2008 Paralympic Games] ) eventually entered competition. Costa Silva was also listed as the country's flagbearer for both the opening [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Press_Releases/Flagbearers_List_Opening_Ceremony_Final_5_Sept1.pdf Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers' List] , International Paralympic Committee, September 6, 2008.] and the closing [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Press_Releases/Flag_Bearers_Beijing_2008.pdf Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers' List] , International Paralympic Committee, September 17, 2008.] ceremonies.

Powerlifting

;Women

Table tennis

Tennis

* Domingos Sarmento Soares

Weightlifting

* Three competitors

ee also

*2008 Summer Paralympics
*Timor-Leste at the Paralympics
*Timor-Leste at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

* [http://en.beijing2008.com/83/66/column211716683.shtml Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site]
* [http://www.paralympic.org International Paralympic Committee]

References